Mr. Andrew W. “Andy” Kuehl passed from this life Sunday morning, March 2, 2008, in Alvin.

Born October 30, 1922 in Mart, Texas, Mr. Kuehl graduated from Prairie Hill High School and joined the U. S. Army in 1943. He served in Europe in the 261st Army Air Forces Base Unit during WW II until his discharge in 1945. He married the former Floy Deal in 1946, beginning a union that would span 53 years. They lived for many years in Texas City before moving to Santa Fe in 1967. He worked at the Monsanto Texas City Plant for 29 years before retiring as a superintendent in 1981, and had served on the Santa Fe ISD Board of Trustees, the Galveston Co. Fair and Rodeo Board and was a member of the Aldersgate United Methodist Church and the American Quarter Horse Association.